10 Best Tourist Destinations In Vietnam, Save The List Until COVID-19 Subsides

Illustration of the best tourist destinations in Vietnam (Unsplash/Hisu Lee)

JAKARTA - News from VOI suspect Covid-19 reached its second record in the last week. In light of this event, the best tourist destinations in Vietnam are temporarily closed until Covid-19 subsides.

Beyond the pandemic events experienced globally, not only in Southeast Asian countries, there are recommendations of the best tourist destinations in Vietnam. If you want to relax and enjoy the tourist attractions, you can save the list of tourist attractions that are summarized voi below.

Ho Chi Minh City

Cosmopolitan tourism in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh city is the first destination. The crowds, the atmosphere of restaurants, cafes, and shopping are in this city. You can head to the center, located in the central district, Dong Khoi.

The district has the Ho Chi Minh City Museum with a collection of artifacts, city history and Notre Dame Cathedral built in the late 19th century. In the vicinity are buildings with French colonial architecture.

The charm of the plenary if walking through the streets to the Jade Emperor Pagoda with the iconography of Buddhism and Taoism. History Museum can also enter tourist destinations visited.

Ha Long Bay

A beautiful expanse of landscape that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site is called Ha Long Bay. The sea view is very impressive. This view can be enjoyed by taking a boat ride around The Gulf of Tonkin with thousands of jagged taper islands.

In the karst area in Hang Sung Sot not only the bay with a view of the limestone island peaks, but also there are three giant caves complete with unique stalactites and stalagmites.

Illustration of Ha Long Bay (Unsplash/Warren Wong)

Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

Still with a chalk-style structure, in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park there are a number of the best tourist destinations recognized as World Heritage. From large caves to the most popular destinations in Paradise Cave that go into the bowels of the earth for 31 kilometers.

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The next tourist location is hue's most historic old town. A heritage city from emperor Nguyen's 19th-century reign is located on the banks of the Perfume River. The site is called the Imperial Enclosure which is located on a 2.5 kilometer stretch of wall.

There is also a 21-metre-high Thien Mu Pagoda and Makan Tu Doc. Well, these sites can be enjoyed by riding a cruise ship following the current of the Perfume River.

My Son Temple

To get to the temple, tourists must explore the dense forest. The temple was built in the 4th century Cham era as a Place of Worship of Hinduism and was still used during the 7th to 10th centuries. Here there are 20 temples standing and all built of sandstone.

Sapa Village

The right destination to refresh the eyes in the form of a green stretch of rice fields with the decoration of the peaks of the Hoang Lien mountains is in the sapa countryside. The mountains during the French colonial period were known as the Tonkinese Alps.

In this highland valley can also be a place to mingle with various ancient cultures in Vietnam, such as ethnic Hmong, Giay, and Dzao Merah. From one of the valleys, tourists can gaze at the highest peak in Vietnam called Mount Fansipan.

If you like trekking or hiking in small villages, this place is the best place.

Illustration of ninh binh mountains, Vietnam (Unsplash/William Jones)

Hanoi

Vietnam's capital, Hahoi is the heart of a country that offers exotic marriages with modernity. The hubbub of the vehicle mating with a typical street food seller invites the penlancong to stop by for a moment to taste the food.

In this not too big city, there are many museums, including the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, the Museum of Vietnamese Fine Arts that gives an overview of art and culture.

Hoi

Hoi An is considered a destination that presents the landscape of the old town. Interesting to explore because it is noted as the approach of Japanese and Chinese traders who traded local silk fabrics in the 15th century.

The most important symbol in Hoi An is the charming Japanese Bridge from the western end of Tran Phu Street to pass through the decorative Fujian Chinese CongregationAl Meeting Hall. Small museums and pagodas are also no less charmed.

Illustration of the Golden Bridge in Ba Na Hills, Vietnam (Unsplash/Andreea Popa)

Nha Trang

After enjoying the old town, countryside and karst area, the next natural landscape is the beach in the center of Nha Trang. During the summer, foreign tourists and a family of local tourists occupy several spots.

On this beach can swim or relax enjoying the summer breeze on the shoreline. You can also walk through the city to Po Nagar Cham Tower and a museum that exhibits Alexandre Yersin's work in scientific discoveries of the causes of bubonic plague and the founder of the Pasteur Institute Nha Trang.

Cu Chi Tunnels

The 250 kilometer long tunnel as a marker of Vietnam's modern military history is also considered the best destination in Vietnam. To walk through it does need energy because it can only be passed by crawling or walking squats.

Finally, you can save the Mekong River as a list of the best tourist destinations in Vietnam. Here you can explore the mangroves by riding a small boat to the hubbub and hospitality of floating market traders.

Before Covid-19 subsides, avoid traveling for travel first. You can save the best recommendations above for upcoming travel reference.